Signal-lantern.



No. 824,058. PATENTED JUNE 19, 1906. W. A. WRIGHT. SIGNAL LANTERN.

APPLICATION FILED JAN 21, 1605.

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PATENT OFFIGE. Y

WLILILIAM'A. WRIGHT, or MA'SoNVILLE,NEW-JERsEY,Ass1eNoR or ONE-I HALF TO A.'. J. -LAMBORN,.OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IGNA -LANTERN.

To all whom it may concern- 5 i I .Be it knownthat 1, WILLIAM A. WRIGHT, a

' citizen of the United States, residing at Masonville, in the, county of Burlington and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Signal-Lanterns, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements 1n lanterns'such as employed forrallroad slgnallngand 'slmllar urposes, of which the following is a full, 0 ear,

purpose.

Reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this speci cation, and wherein like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, inwhich.

Figurel is an elevation showing the body proper in vertical section. Fig. 2 is a-to plan view of the body, showing only ha f thereof, Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the I 4 is a view in elevation of a fragment of I ner of constructing the same.

one'of the frame-sections, showing the man- I Fig. 5 is an elevation of half of the oil-cup, illustrating a II modified form of the wick-raising device; and

Fig. 6 is a top plan view of a fragment of the I Be erence-numeral 1 designates the oil-cup of this lantern, to which is secured a base 2 and rim 3, formed with an upturned flange 4.

a globe-support and has its 1, 1 5 rated, as at 7, and formed on its'lower face an airec amber between said rim 3 and bot.

Mounted in said flange is a cup 5, which forms ottom 6 perfowith lu s 8, which rest on the rim 3, forming tom 6. The upturned flange 4 is formed with circumferential perforations 9, through 'WlfllOll air enterssaid air-chamber and passes therefrom into the combustion-chamber within the flange 4 of the rim 3 a hook-shaped member 10, attached to the flange 4. and" Specification of Letters Patent. I i Application filed January 21,1905. Serial No.242.102.

on shaft 31. I I groove in the burner-casing 28 1s a loose co1-' I Patented June 19,1906.

adapted to engage-lug 11, is provided on one side of the lamp, and coacting therewith is a ,5 5 spring-catch 12, secured to the rim 3 and havmg its upper end provided with a lug 13,

entering recess 14in the cup 5.

made from one continuous piece or in sectlons, each being formed from a piece of wire The gl be-guard comprises awire frame doubled to form loops 15 at its upper and 9 formed the ends of the wire are brought to a point approximately central of the section I and one bent in one direction and the other in the o posite direction, as designated'by nu-' lower ends. Afterthesaid loops are so.

mera s 16 and 17, respectively. The sections after being assembled have the abutting ends of their lateralextensions 16 and 17 ,mentioned, 'connected'by metal sleeves 18. It

will -be noted that the portion 19 and 20 of each section are so arranged that .but one thickness of wire is in a radial line with the burner, so as to obstruct as littlelight as possible. Through the upper loops 15 of the globe guard or frame is passed a wire ring 21,

to which the dome 22 is hinged by member 23, and the said dome is held in position by a spring-catch 24 of the usual type. The saidcup 5 is formed in itsu per portion with aper tures 25, through whic the lower looped ends ofthe guard are'insertedand so secured by a wire ring 26, passing through the loops in the 'same manner as the upper ringv 21 passes throughthe upper loops. I I

he burner-tube 27.'passes through the burner-casing 28 through a slot 29 in the top of the oil-cup 1 and is formed with openings through which rpject wickraising wheels 30 Xrranged in a circumferential lar 32, having a milled edge, whereby the same is rotated to engage the threads of its outer facewith interior threads on a collar 34, secured to the oil-cup 1, the burner proper being prevented from rotating by the walls of the slot 29 engaging with the burner-tube 27 Projecting through a tubular bearing 35 in the cup 5 is a second shaft 36, formed on .its

end with a head 37, removably received in a socket 38 on the outer face of a disk 39 on first-named shaft 31. The shaft 36 is normally ressed outwardly by a spring 40, arrange thereon between thumb-piece 41 and cup 5.! When the shaft is pressed inwardly,

i as shown in Fig. 2, so that head 37 enters socket 38, the wick may be regulated upon rotation of thumb-piece 41.

In the modification, Fig. 5, instead of the shaft for operating the Wick-shaft being passed through the cup 5 it is arranged in a tubular bearing 45 011 the oil-cup 1 and is provided with a gear 42, which may be brought into mesh with the wick-raising-shaft gear 43, as shown in said View, though normally the two gears are disconnected by the pressure of spring 44 between said tube 45 and thumb-piece 46.

In practice when it is desired to'replace a globe the dome 22 is released by catch'24 and swung upon its hinge 23. When the lamp is to be filled, cleaned, or lighted, the cup 5 is detached from the oil-cuprim 3 by catch 12, and when it is desired to remove the burner the ring 32 is unscrewed from cup-ring 34, this removal being unobstructed by the wickraising shafts,ias they are normally out of engagement with each other. 47 is an opening 1n cup 5, forming a place to insert a match to strike it and lightwick.

vIt is not the intention that this invention be. limited to the details of construction set up, asvarious changes may be made without departing. from the spirit or scope of the invention.

' Having fully described the invention, what is claimed as new and useful, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In a lantern, a, frame comprising sections, each section formed of a single piece of wire doubled to form vertical members and 2. In a lantern, a frame comprising sections,-each section formed of a single piece of wire bent to form a vertical member, the ends of each section being bent at right angles to said vertical member on opposite sides thereof and joined to the corresponding end of the adjacent section.

3. In a lantern, a frame comprising a wire bent to form-vertical members, the ends of each of said vertical members being bent substantially at right angles thereto to form a medial ring.

4. In a lantern, a frame comprising a wire bent to form an inner vertical member, the upper end of said wire being bent downwvardly and at right angles to the-vertical member on one side thereof, anrh the lower end being bent upwardly and at-right angles to the vertical. member on the opposite side thereof.

5. In a lantern, an oil-cup, a rim surrounding the same, a peripheral upturned perforated fiange thereon, a cup formed with. a concentric opening permitting it to be slipped over said oil-cup, said cup fitting within the said upturned flange and being pertoratcd, said cup being spaced from said rim thereby forming an air-chamber therebetween.

6. In a lantern, an oil-cup provided with a slot, a screwring on said oil-cup, a burner, a wick-tube, a screw-collar loosely carried by and rotatable on the burner for engagement with the screw-ring, said wick being arranged within said slot.

In testimony whereof I aillx, mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM A. WRIGHT. WVitnesses:

GEO. W. REED, FRED. R.Rnnvns. 

